That’s all from the press conference in London. Here are the main points from part two of the McLaren report into doping in sport:

• More than 1,000 Russian athletes across 30 sports were involved in or benefitted from “an institutional conspiracy” of doping. The cover-up, which dates back to at least 2011, evolved into a sophisticated doping programme on “an unprecedented scale”

• Among a variety of techniques which went to staggering lengths, Russian officials added salt and Nescafé coffee granules to urine samples to make them match dirty samples and trick testers

• Vitaly Mutko, then-Russian minister for sport and now the deputy prime minister, is implicated via his department’s involvement, but there is no “direct evidence” that he knew of the doping programme. Vladimir Putin is not mentioned in the report

• The corruption at London 2012 will probably never be fully established but many Russian athletes who competed in the Games were part of the doping programme

• Prof Richard McLaren appeals for major organisations in sport and anti-doping to collaborate and “end the in-fighting”

And you can read Sean Ingle’s story here:

More than 1,000 Russian athletes benefited from state-sponsored doping

Statement from the International Association of Athletics Federations

The IAAF agrees with Prof. McLaren that it is time that this manipulation stops and with this aim has been working in close cooperation with Prof. McLaren’s team and WADA and continues to do so. Based on the individual athletes that Prof. McLaren’s team have shared with us, over half (53%) of the elite athletes have already been sanctioned or are currently undergoing disciplinary proceedings. We will follow up on the rest as soon as the evidence from the IP’s investigation is made available to us via WADA.

The IAAF has a history of comprehensive testing and a strong retesting strategy with samples stored back to 2007. This has allowed us, using information shared by the McLaren team, to pursue an even more specific, intelligence-based retesting programme. Russian samples from IAAF World Championships up to and including Moscow 2013 have been, or are in the process of being, reanalysed. At this stage three further samples from Osaka 2007 have been reported as Adverse Analytical Findings and results from Daegu 2011 are due next week.

In total in 2016, 35 Russian athletes have been sanctioned or charged with an ADRV by the IAAF (not counting the meldonium cases).

IAAF President Sebastian Coe commented: “The IAAF has been at the forefront of anti-doping since 1928 when we were the first international federation to prohibit doping in sport. We will continue to test intelligently, retest smartly, work collaboratively and seek swift justice. The independent Athletics Integrity Unit launching in April 2017 will give us, and clean athletes the world over, the strongest platform possible to deliver this.”

McLaren’s final comments defend, to some degree, London 2012’s supposedly high-tech doping laboratory. “I don’t think that London didn’t test properly. What’s happened is that the ability to test certain substances has been refined, and that’s what has shown up in the retesting.”

The final question is a passionate plea for McLaren to offer some hope for fans’ faith in sport. “A number of people have been deceived – competitors and fans have been cheated – but I don’t think that what’s going on here is going on around the world.”

McLaren is asked about doping in football, of which more than 30 instances have been referenced in the report. He gives little detail, saying that decisions will have to be made by those football organisations who have sent the evidence.

Our own Sean Ingle asks whether the 1,000+ names of Russian athletes involved will be revealed. “It has not been put in the public domain. That will be up to sports federations who have received the information.” McLaren adds that he has not examined other countries’ actions, but Wada are making enquiries. McLaren says it was not his task to investigate anywhere beyond Russia.

McLaren is asked about Vitaly Mutko, who was the head of Russia’s ministry for sport between 2008 and October 2016, when he was promoted to deputy prime minister. Mutko has been implicated in the scandal by the report and McLaren says he is not surprised that the politician has not taken responsibility for the doping programme. However, he clarifies that there is no “direct evidence” that Mutko knew about the doping programme. McLaren has met with Mutko, he says, who denied any knowledge of corruption.

McLaren says: “The Russian Olympic team corrupted the London Games on an unprecedented scale.” He does not believe the full extent of the cover-up will ever be known. “The picture is clear, but it is not complete. We’ve only had access to a small fraction of the evidence possible to examine.”

More than 1,000 Russian athletes benefitted from state-sponsored doping

McLaren: “The [process] was a simple and effective system to conceal drugs. It allowed [participating Russian athletes] to compete while doping. Well-known and elite-level athletes had their results falsified.”

Prof Richard McLaren: “We are now able to confirm the findings of the first report: a cover up that dates back to at least 2011 and continued after the Sochi Winter Olympics games. A cover up that has evolved ... and operated on an unprecedented scale.”

Part two

Today’s report is expected to go much further and carries huge significance for athletics and wider sport. The investigation is expected to reveal more details of Russia’s state-sponsored programme, possibly naming athletes and specific instances of doping, as well as potentially shining a light on London’s doping laboratory – and any implications for medals awarded at the 2012 Olympics.

Part one

The original report, published on 18 July 2016, revealed made a number of damning revelations. Of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, it uncovered: “The Sochi Laboratory operated a unique sample-swapping methodology to enable doped Russian athletes to compete at the Games.” The investigation found that tainted samples from Russian athletes were passed through a ‘mouse hole’ inside the Sochi laboratory to Russian security service personnel and anti-doping staff.

You can read the key points from the initial report here:

Russia doping scandal: five things we learned from Wada’s report

Preamble

Prof Richard McLaren is today (11.15am GMT) revealing his findings from the second part of his report into doping in sport, which is expected to provide much more detail on state-sponsored doping in Russia at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, as well as other hugely significant findings for athletics and sport in general. You can catch up here with the latest news ahead of the report from the IOC: